THE RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 5597, 25 May 1905, Page 5

THE RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR.

CABLE NEWS.

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THE CZAR’S FLEET. THE BALTIC SQUADRON IN THE PACIFIC. A NEW COMMANDER. (Received May 2-1, 9.46 p.m.) LONDON, Mav 24. The Tokio correspondent of the “Daily Telegraph” reports that the best information indicates that the xuissian fleet is now in the Pacific Ocean. Tiie American fleet at Cavite Bay (Manila) intends only to allow the Russians sufficient coal to reach Vladiyostoek. ST. PETERSBURG Mav 24. Admiral Biorileff has been appointed commander of the Pacific fleet, with the rights and authority of a commander of an independent force. A JAPANESE CAPTURE. LONDON. May 23. Reports havo been received at Tokio of the capture of a junk with many Russian officers. It is supposed thov were making a reconnaissance from Vladivostock. THE LAND CAMPAIGN. HARPING-VLADIVOSTOCK LINE CUT. OFFENSIVE MOVEMENT BY THE JAPANESE. (Received May 24, 9.46 p.m.) LONDON. May 24. It is confidently stated at Tokio that the railway from Harping to Vladivostok has been cut. It is reported at St. Petersburg that General Linevitch has telegraphed that the Japanese havo begun an offensive movement all along tho line/ After Saturday’s repulse tho Russians retreated to tho right of Marienho, leaving a few companies on the left bank. These wore defeated and retreated northward in disorder.

PEACE PROSPECTSTHE POPULAR SENTIMENT IN RUSSIA. LONDON, May 23. The St. Petersburg correspondent of “The Times” reports that the peace sentiment in Russia is so overwhelming that in the event of Admiral Rozhdestvensky's defeat the warlike minority must give' way.

JAPAN’S TERMS. INTERVIEW WITH A JAPANESE STATESMAN. (Received May 24. 9.35 p.m.) TOKIO, May 24. M. Kato, a former Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs, interviewed at Tokio, declared that if Russia asked for peace, Japan would insist on the following conditions: — An unconditional armistice. Tho return of Manchuria by Russia to China. Tho recognition' of Japanese suzerainty over Korea. The cession of Saghalien Island to Japan. Permanent destruction of the fortifications at Vladivostock. Payment of an indemnity of at least two thousand million yen (about twenty million pounds). ■ Such liberal terms, added M. Kato, afford no occasion for intervention on behalf of the Powers.

COUNT KATSURA’S OPINION. THE END OP THE STRUGGLE FAR OFF. (Received May 24, 9.35 p.m.) TOKIO. May 24. Count Katsura, the Prime Minister, addressing the Japan Society at Tokio, eulogised the Anglo-Japanese alliance. The end of the struggle, said the Premier, was far-off, but the people were prepared to fight to the last drop of their blood.